ICC Final

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

• Greek American Family

• Greek Marrying Non-Greek

• Two different families

Slumdog Millionaire

• A young Muslim boy in India (poor) becoming a millionaire

• Based of the Novel Q&A by Vikas Swarup

Define Pop Culture

Cultural products that most people share and know about

Understand its power and social function

• Has the power to misinform and inform

• Activism

• Influence intercultural interactions

• PC is everywhere

How do users consume pop culture?

• People interpret PC differently based on who they are

• Encoding = the process of creating a message for others to understand

• Decoding = the process of interpreting messages

Recall example video from Mama Hope about African representation

Shows 3 African boys and showing us how most people see them was “war machines” but then shows us that they are actually normal people just like us who play sports and go to school

Individual components of competence

• Experience = its not always about knowing everything but knowing what to ask

• Motivation = Having the want to know more about people, yourself, and different cultures

• Knowledge= Be knowledgeable on yourself, others, and how you/others speak

• Attitudes = Tolerance for ambiguity, empathy, non-judgmental

Ways to apply knowledge

• Dialogue = having a conversation with someone who is different from you

• Allies = support/advocate for others

• Coalitions= being people/organizations together to work towards a common goal

• Social Justice = ensuring there is fairness and justice for everyone

• Forgiveness = Forgiving those who have mistreated you or you mistreating someone

  • Ex. Amy Biehl

    • Her father forgave and shook hands  with his daughters' killers

Danger of a Single Story - What is it about?

• Only knowing a single-story shapes peoples perceptive and reinforces stereotypes

• Shares personal stories of her only thinking book characters where whiter and blue eyes and her roommate feeling bad for her and asking what her “tribal music” is

• Tells us that by having different views and storytelling is important to make us all connect with each other

Danger of a Single Story - Why do we care?

• It allows for critical thinking

• It challenges stereotypes

• It allows for diverse narratives

Danger of a Single Story - Know key ideas and components of talk

• Power of stories = help shape how people see the world

• Stereotypes = this happens when only one perceptive of a culture is shared

• Representation = diverse stories help build a more accurate understanding of the world

• Personal experiences = Western books shaped her view on characters and her college roommate feeling bad for her

Danger of a Single Story - Understand how it applies to our class

• Single-stories often simplify other cultures

• Who tells the story helps us understand the power dynamic

• Wants us to seek out authentic and varied stories

• Allows for self-representation and cultural authenticity